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trapping

 
(trăp'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; a caparison. Often used in the plural.
  2. trappings
    1. Articles of dress or adornment, especially accessories.
    2. Characteristic or symbolic signs: all the trappings of power.

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Method of printing by layering various colors of ink on the same sheet of paper. This is used in multicolor printing (creating a printed image with as many colors as the colors of ink used) and four-color process printing (creating a printed image with a full spectrum of color created from three colors of ink). It is important that each successive layer of ink have less tack than the previous layer, so that the ink can be applied smoothly without damage to the previous layer of ink. Dry trapping is the application of ink to a dry ink surface. Wet trapping is the application of ink to a wet ink surface. See also transparent ink; wet printing.

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trapping, most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. Usually, however, trapping means the capture of land animals larger than rodents by means of deadfall, pitfall, and, especially in modern times, spring-snapped, steel-jawed steel traps. In societies where hunting and fishing are the staple occupations, trapping is used to supply food and, in colder climates, furs for clothing. Since antiquity trapping has been the basis of the fur trade (see fur). It still occupies a great many people over large sections of the globe, especially in the colder regions, such as N Siberia and N Canada. Trapping has also been used to rid an area of animals thought to endanger the lives of human beings or domestic animals. Spurred by bounty laws, the practice of trapping in the United States in the 19th cent. helped lead to the extinction or near-extinction of many mammals, such as various species of bears, mountain lions, wolves, and coyotes. Modern game management frowns upon trapping and recognizes the importance of predators in the ecosystem. Such trapping as is permitted today in the United States is strictly regulated by law. See wildlife refuge; endangered species.


An essential technique for sampling wildlife populations in surveys of their diseases or in order to establish the size and variety of the population, especially if carried out systematically with the traps set out in a grid formation. See also capture–recapture method.

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Trapping may refer to:

  • Animal trapping, the remote capture of animals
  • Trapping (martial arts), a fighting technique and range
  • Trap (printing), a color management technique
  • Mantrap, a security device
  • Trapping (basketball), a basketball defense technique against pick and rolls
  • Trapping (drug dealing), a slang term denoting the act of selling illegal drugs.
  • Trapping (transgender), presenting oneself as being of the opposite gender in the hopes of causing heterosexual individuals to experience homosexual attraction
  • Horse trapping

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Trappings

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - pynt, stads, ydre pragt

Français (French)
n. pl. - attribut (péj), signes extérieurs, caparaçon (npl), apparat

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - äußere Zeichen, Insignien, Staatsgeschirr (Pferde), Putz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - διακοσμήσεις, (μτφ.) στολίδια, μπιχλιμπίδια

Italiano (Italian)
gualdrappa, ornamenti

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - enfeites (m), arreios (m pl), ornamentos (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
наряды, украшения, символы

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - adornos, galas, arreos, jaeces

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - tillbehör, symboler, yttre tecken, utstyrsel, glitter, prål, (häst)mundering, schabrak

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
马饰, 外部标志, 服饰, 礼服, 外表的装饰

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 馬飾, 外部標誌, 服飾, 禮服, 外表的裝飾

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 마구, 부속물, 장식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飾り, 装飾, 美しく飾った礼服, 装飾的な馬具

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮קישוטים, עיטורים, בעיקר המעידים על מעמד, ריתמת סוס, בעיקר מקושטת‬


 
 
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